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Eglise évangélique du Cameroun
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Evangelical Church of Cameroon
ECC
B.P. 89
Douala
Cameroon (Africa)
Telephone: +237 342 3611; 342 7373
Fax: +237 342 4011
Email: eec@eec-cameroun.org
Address-No.: 12102 / 1034
This Church was born out of the work of three successive European missions — the English Bapt, the Basel Mission, and the Paris Mission. In 1917, during World War I, the Basel Mission handed over 15 of its 22 stations to the Paris Mission. Since the Paris Mission was lacking in money and personnel, the Africans had a large share in the activities of the church. Preparations for the constitution of an independent church began in 1947, and in 1957 the EEC gained autonomy from the Paris Mission. Among the African leaders of the Church the following deserve to be mentioned: Modi Din, Eug?ne Mallo, and Jean Kotto.
The EEC has close links with the Union des Eglises Baptistes du Cameroun (UEBC), which had also been under the supervision of the Paris Mission and became independent in the same year as the EEC. They jointly run certain church institutions. The two churches are federated in the Council of Baptist and Evangelical Churches (CEBEC).
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Statistic data of church
Members |
total: 1175000 |
Parishes |
(conventionally): 700 |
house fellowships |
(Number of growing parishes): 0 |
Ordained clergy |
total: 287 |
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women´s ordination |
Elders/Presbyters |
total: 0 |
Deacons |
total: 0 |
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no information about deacons |
Missionaries |
total: 0 |
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missionaries working abroad |
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Missionary institutions:
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Baptismal practise |
infant and believer´s baptism
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Godparents |
No information about godparents
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Lord's Supper |
Frequency per annum: 12
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Newspapers/ Periodicals |
no information about publication of magazines |
Theological training facilities |
Number: 1 |
Schools providing general education |
other schools |
Founded in |
1947 |
Organizational structures |
Consistories, 13 regional Synods, 1 Executive Commission for the Synod, 1 General Synod |
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last update: 01.03.2006
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